Check-holder for dump-cars.



No. 832,34'L, PATENTED OCT. 2v, 1906.

G. L. SUMMERS. v CHECK HOLDER FOR DUMP CARS.

APPLICATION vFILED APR. 19. 1906.

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CHECK-HOLDER FOR DUMP-CARS.'

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 19.06.

Application filed April 19', 1906. Serial No. 312,690.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, GEORGE L. SUMMERs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Huntington, county of Cabell,

AState of West Virginia, have invented cer- Figure l is a side elevationof a mining-car,

showing my device attached thereto; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view ofthe receptacle detached; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view taken atright angles to the line on which Fig. 2 is taken; Fig. 4, a sideelevation, partly in section, showing the receptacle as it appears whentilted by the dumping of the car; and 5 a horizontal section on the line5 5 of 1g. 3.

The object of this invention is to providea simple attachment tomining-cars whereby the miners check will be automatically lockedagainst removal by mischievous or evilly-disposed persons while the caris on its way to the tipple and whereby when the car is tilted to dump,it the check-holding devices will be automatically released by thetiltingl of the car, so that the weighmaster or other attendant at thedump may readily extract the check from the receptacle, as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

To the accomplishment of this object and such others as may hereinafterappear the invention consists of the parts and combination of partshereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specication, in which the same referencecharacters designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings annexed by roference characters, A designatesa substantially oblong box which is adapted for attachment to the sideof a car and whose front wall B is hinged at its opposite edges on piv-lprevent extraction of the check up through the slot a3.

Attached to the door B is a hook D, which is provided at its inner endwith an upturned nose or shoulder d and which extends into the box. Thishook when the door is closed extends through coincident slots h h formedat the lower ends of a pair of upright walls H I-I, lon the top of whichis removably fastened a cover-plate G by means of screws g. Between thewalls H H is fastened a block f, in which is formed an approximatelysemicircular chamber F. This block f is slotted coincidently with theslots h h for the passage therethrough of the hook D. A ball E or otherrolling detent is confined in the chamberF and normally rests in linewith the slots h h and in the path of the nose d of the hook, so thatwhen the door is closed this detent normally rolls in front of the nosed, and thereby locks the hook against withdrawal. i

When the cheek is dropped into the box, it slides ofl the ledge a2 andcomes to rest in a pocket between the front wall H and the door, thecheck being shown at in Fig. 2. When the car is tilted to dump it, theball E rolls to one side, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby releasing thehook. The door may then be opened by simply pressing inward upon itsupper end at a point above the pivots b, which act swings the lower endof the door open, as shown in Fig. 2. v As the door swings open the nosed engages the lower edge of the check a: and discharges it into the handof the attendant. It will thus be observed that I provide an extremelysimple device for locking the check against removal while the car is onits way to the dump and whereby the act of dumping the car automaticallyadjusts the parts so that the dump-master can readily remove the check.v

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various mechanicalembodiments of the invention are possible, and I therefore do not wishto be limited to the exact arrangement and construction shown, except asrequired by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a box provided with aslot for the insertion of the check and with a door adapted to swingoutwardly at its lower end, means for holding the door normally closed,a hook IOO IIO

attached to the door and adapted to enter the box, a chamber surroundingthe hook `within the box, and a rollin detent inclosed in this chamberand adapte to normally engage and lock the hook.

2. In a device of the class set forth, a box provided with a slot forthe insertion of the check and with a swinging door adapted to openoutwardly at its lower end, a lock-hook carried by the door, and arolling detent in the box, and means whereby this detent is caused tolock the hook while the box is in an upright position.

3. In a device of the class set forth, a check-receptacle provided witha checkeinserton slot and with an outwardly-swinging door, means'inclosed in the receptacle for locking the 'door when the receptacle isin normal position and for unlocking it when in abnormal position. l

4. In a device of the class set forth, the i combination of a'check-receiving box provlded with 'a check-insertion opening and anoutwardly-swinging door, means for automatically locking the door closedwhen the receptacle is in a normal position and for ejecting the checkby the act of opening the door.

5. In combination, a box provided with a check-receiving slot in its topand having one of its walls made into a door 'whichswings outwardly atits lower end, means for norlmally closing the door, an inclined ledgewithin the box, a hook carried at the lower end of the door and adaptedto enter the box, a chamber in the box slotted for the passage of saidhook, and a gravitating locking device inclosed in said chamber andcoperating with said hook to lock the door closed, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aHix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 17th day of April, 1906.

GEO. L. SUMMERS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD F.' CLARKE, TH. J. DE SABLE.

